Ashmore and Cartier Islands

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Australian external territory overseas territory uninhabited territory

Ashmore and Cartier Islands are a remote, uninhabited Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean known for their rich marine biodiversity and protected nature reserves.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ashmore and Cartier Islands Territory	1
Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian external territory ⓘ overseas territory ⓘ uninhabited territory ⓘ
administeredBy	Australian Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
area	199.0 square kilometres ⓘ
borderDisputeHistoryWith	Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	none ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
composedOf	Ashmore Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ Cartier Island NERFINISHED ⓘ East Island (Ashmore Reef) NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Island (Ashmore Reef) NERFINISHED ⓘ West Island (Ashmore Reef) NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
currency	Australian dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecosystemType	coral reef ⓘ
exclusiveEconomicZoneArea	about 46700 square kilometres ⓘ
governedAs	non-self-governing territory ⓘ
hasNo	permanent civilian population ⓘ
importantFor	migratory shorebirds ⓘ traditional Indonesian fishing ⓘ
inhabited	no ⓘ
ISO3166Code	AU NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	rich marine biodiversity ⓘ sea turtle nesting sites ⓘ seabird breeding colonies ⓘ seagrass meadows ⓘ
landArea	about 5 square kilometres ⓘ
legalStatus	Australian territory since 1931 ⓘ
locatedIn	Indian Ocean ⓘ Timor Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Australian mainland ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Indonesian island of Rote ⓘ
nearestCountry	Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Australian external territories ⓘ
population	0 ⓘ
previouslyAdministeredBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedAreaDesignation	Ashmore Reef Marine Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Cartier Island Marine Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	marine protected area ⓘ nature reserve ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+08:00 ⓘ
transferredToAustralia	1931 ⓘ
usedFor	border protection operations ⓘ environmental research ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth of Australia → includesExternalTerritory → Ashmore and Cartier Islands ⓘ

Australian territories → includes → Ashmore and Cartier Islands ⓘ

Ashmore Reef → partOf → Ashmore and Cartier Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ashmore and Cartier Islands Territory

Cartier Island → partOf → Ashmore and Cartier Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Australian territorial sea → appliesTo → Ashmore and Cartier Islands ⓘ